Remote from the spirit of the 16th century, Montaigne’s originality is well sumed up in this manifesto : “I talk to paper the way I talk to the first I meet ; the words I like are simple and naive words.”
My music words, simple and naive as well, might explain the pleasure I found in putting those “breves” to music. These timeless, deep and light thoughts remains as life and tolerance lessons.Isabelle Aboulker, novembre 2016